Good Day DU (October 1, 2021)

[EarlG]

Today in History: October 1

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The Friday Question: What's the most interesting thing you've read, seen, or listened to this week?

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Today's milestones: Congratulations to the following active DU members!

Anniversaries
Akbar (20 years), parkia00 (18 years), brettdale (17 years), WestMichRad (17 years), TwilightZone (17 years), AllTooEasy (13 years), iamateacher (13 years), mvymvy (13 years), milestogo (9 years), ScubaSteve (5 years), SuprstitionAintthWay (3 years), newdayneeded (1 year), Marius25 (1 year), LooseScrew (1 year), CommittedCitzen (1 year), naviinsider (1 year)

Posting milestones
DownriverDem (5000 posts)

New members who posted for the first time
RFCalifornia, The Fifty Stateman, Alexander Of Assyria

[Aristus]

1. "468 Days". The recounting of a Mexican fisherman being blown off course

and having to drift across the Pacific for the titular number of days. This wasn't back in some mists of the past; it happened in 2012!

Riveting read...

[2naSalit]

2. A friend handed mea book last week...

Eating Dirt by Charlotte Gill. Published about ten years ago. Three quarters of the way through it, a page turner for sure.

It's about the working lives of those who plant trees in large clear cuts. The friend who gave me the book did this for a few years, I found the book describes and clarifies what they told me and what I imagined it was like.

It's a good read, well written.

[DeeNice]

3. Dr. Lonnie Smith passed away this week

so I've been going through and watching all the youtubes of him I can. What a legend.